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Toboggan

1934 · 93 min

A bittersweet old-fashioned melodrama that builds quietly toward a boxing ring showdown, mixing romance and heartbreak with the sweat of a comeback.

Overview
Toboggan, the 1934 Henri Decoin French boxing sports romantic love triangle melodrama (about a washed up boxer who makes a comeback for a sexy dancer, but she is two-timing him, and she brings her boyfriend into the arena during the climactic boxing match) starring Georges Carpentier (real life heavyweight boxing champion), Arlette Marchal, Paul Amiot, John Anderson, and Raymond Cordy. Note that because Carpentier was a real life boxer, he naturally was able to do his own boxing scenes, and the producer of the movie interwove footage of Carpentier from his actual matches into the film.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • ambition
  • redemption
  • sport
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Henri Decoin
Written by
Henri Decoin
Starring
Georges Carpentier, Arlette Marchal, Paul Amiot, Sophie Duval, Marcel Maupi, Georges Pally, François Descamps, Dortignac
Music
Philippe Lattès
Cinematography
Léonce-Henri Burel
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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